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Runcorn and Helsby was polluted by sewage 1,186 times in 2023
lasting 9,425 hours - that's 1.09 years!

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Totals for Runcorn and Helsby in 2023
27 Sites polluted by United Utilities
1,186 sewage dumps
9,425 h duration
That's 1.09 years! On average 3.2 times a day
Change Over Time
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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Runcorn and Helsby in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 0 of the total 27 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 0 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities Unknown LABURNUM GROVE 206 3,614 100
United Utilities Unknown WINDSOR GROVE 173 2,085 100
United Utilities Stanney Mill Brook MICKLE TRAFFORD PUMPING STATION 122 1,201 99.8
United Utilities M/C Ship Canal RUNCORN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 69 883 100
United Utilities Thornton Brook/River Gowy ELLESMERE PORT WWTW 91 710 99.9
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal TOWN PUMPING STATION 36 266 89.3
United Utilities River Weaver NEWTOWN PUMPING STATION 46 207 100
United Utilities Hornsmill Brook HELSBY WWTW 20 92 99.65
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal PENN LANE WESTON POINT PR CSO 202LE 76 89 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal HALTON BROW CSO 203EF 89 84 99.7
United Utilities River Weaver WATERSIDE DRIVE CSO 472H4 34 70 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal HARDWICK ROADCSO 15 25 100
United Utilities Hornsmill Brook HAPSFORD SPS 14 23 100
United Utilities Main Drain HIGH STREET/MOORS LANE CSO 32 19 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal RUNCORN ROAD CSO 22 10 100
United Utilities River Mersey TRENTHAM P.S 48 7 100
United Utilities Frodsham Marsh Ditch HATLEY LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 14 6 100
United Utilities West Central Drain, Mersey Est ELTON PS 3 6 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal THE BROW CSO 202UP 16 4 100
United Utilities Kingsley Brook OFF WELL LANE KINGSLEY CSO (472JN) 15 3 100
United Utilities Willow Brook RUNCORN TOWN HALL CSO 4 3 100
United Utilities River Weaver BRIDGE LANE QUAYSIDE CSO 9 2 100
United Utilities River Mersey DARESBURY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 10 1 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal WATERLOO ROAD CSO (202ZW) 10 1 100
United Utilities Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws SALTWORKS PUMPING STATION 2 1 100
United Utilities Bridgewater Canal Via Sws DOWNS ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 8 0 100
United Utilities Weaver Navigation SOUTH PARADE CSO 202S2 2 0 100

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

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